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Sarah McMahon, Psychologist, is passionate about educating the community about eating disorders and supporting those who are affected by them. She has spent over five years doing just that. Activities she has undertaken including facilitating a co-facilitating support groups, coordinating public forums, conducting training and speaking to the media. She runs a successful private practice in Sydney’s lower north shore and has a particular interest in treating people affected by eating disorders, including family members. Sarah is a currently completing further study in public health and has recovered from an eating disorder herself.

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Dean McMillian. Tutor of CCE

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Renae is a clinical research fellow of The University of Sydney and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, and is also a clinical specialist physiotherapist in pulmonary rehabilitation at the Prince of Wales Hospital. She completed her PhD on the topic of water-based exercise for people with COPD.

Her research interests include interventions to improve health outcomes for people living with chronic respiratory disease, particularly alternative modes of training and alternative methods of delivering pulmonary rehabilitation, as well as evaluation of the health system effects and economic benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation.

Renae continues to work as a clinician and is recognised as an innovative clinical researcher in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation. She is an experienced mentor and educator in pulmonary rehabilitation nationally and internationally.

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Graeme McRae. Tutor of CCE

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Kat McRae attained her BA (Hons) in Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Sydney in 2005. She is currently working on her PhD, investigating the affects of state formation and collapse on changes in ceramic styles, production and distribution in the Achaemenid Empire. She has been involved as a field archaeologist and illustrator on numerous archaeological projects in the Middle East (particularly Jordan, Syria and Iran) and Australia. Kat is a casual tutor and lecturer of Archaeology at the University of Sydney.

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Philippa Medcalf. Tutor of CCE

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Nick Melidonis M.Photog. AIPP

The photographs of Nick Melidonis reflect passion, energy, vision and mastery of light & composition. Entering the realms of professional photography in 1997 from a background in management consultancy and training, Nick has travelled extensively in pursuit of emotive images from some of the world’s most scenic and wild locations.

Nick has won numerous awards for his work including the ‘Australian Professional Landscape Photographer of the Year’ in 2000, 2001 and again in 2008. In 2005, Nick was awarded the WA AIPP Professional Landscape Photographer of the Year. He is the 2011 runner-up to the AIPP ‘Australian Travel Photographer of the Year’. His work has featured in the prestigious yearbooks and travelling collections of the Fuji-ACMP (the Society of Advertising, Commercial and Magazine Photographers Ltd) five times. In 2001, Nick achieved a Master of Photography from the AIPP. In May 2009 Nick was awarded his third gold bar (three gold bars means a recipient has satisfied the requirements to be a Master Photographer four times).

Nick is one of Australia’s foremost Photographic educators and each year, he delivers numerous seminars, workshops and lectures to the imaging industry as well as photo enthusiasts Australia wide. His creative, fine-art and travel photography courses for the University of Western Australia are always in high demand. Nick is also an Australian Ambassador for NIK software.

Nick writes regularly for many photography and lifestyle magazines and is a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers. He is a regular contributor to Better Photography Magazine and Better Digital Camera. He also enjoys shooting stock photography and undertaking commercial assignments including architecture, events and sailing, travel and tourism.

Nick’s passion for travel and teaching has resulted in numerous photographic tours to the Greek Islands since 1999 and in 2012 he is also conducting tours to Cambodia and Borneo.

His first major photographic book, Aegean Light – the Spirit of Olympia was released in Australia and Greece in May 2004 and given as a gift by the Consulate of Greece to the WA Olympic athletes.

“There are a lot of great photographers on the speaking circuits who communicate their passion, but few are able to communicate passion as well and with a clear understanding and direction that the audience can take away and apply to their own lives. This is where Nick Melidonis excels. He'll draw you into his world of landscapes, travel and fine art with inspirational images, then describe a simple process you can follow to develop your own style and create your own masterpieces. Nick's presentation techniques are engaging, humorous and educational and he can speak on everything from composition and photographic philosophy to practical camera and Photoshop techniques – everyone leaves his seminars and workshops on a high.” -- Peter Eastway, Grand Master of Photography, Publisher, Better Photography Magazine

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Harry Melkonian holds a PhD in law from Macquarie University and a Juris Doctor from New York University. He also holds a Masters from the University of Western Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in Anthropology. He lectures on US Constitution at the University of Sydney US Studies Centre and has presented many courses in US history and politics at the CCE. He frequently appears in Australian media to discuss American political events. He has long been involved in US presidential politics and as a lawyer has represented individuals in a number of major free speech and civil rights cases in the USA.

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Analia is a NAATI-accredited English-Spanish translator who has taught Spanish at CCE since early 2004. Originally from Argentina, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Translation from the Universidad Del Salvador in Buenos Aires in 2001. Analia has several years of experience teaching ESL in her home country.

In 2010 Analia graduated from The University of Sydney with a bachelor’s degree in Law and is particularly interested in the field of children’s advocacy.

Mrs Mellors is married and has two young boys. Amongst other hobbies, she loves interior decorating and languages, and is able to speak Italian, elementary French and Mandarin.

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Dr. John Merchant graduated from the University of Sydney with Honours in Zoology and Psychology. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Western Sydney. His career has included roles in welfare work, school counselling, and school administration, working with clients such as AMP, the Australian College of Applied Psychology, and Dangar Research Group.

John is a registered psychologist in New South Wales and currently works in private practice as a Jungian analyst and consultant psychologist.